Preservation and Conservation Issues Related to Digital
Printing and Digital Photography
Institute of Physics, London
24-25 April 2006

A two day conference for conservators of digital prints
and photographs

Following the successful conferences in October 2000 and
April 2003, the Institute of Physics in collaboration with
the MATAR Research Centre of The University of Arts London
are staging a third two day conference to examine progress
and research on materials and processes used for producing 
digital prints and photographs for archival storage. The
aims of this conference are to inform those responsible
for the preservation and conservation of digitally produced 
material about the developments in digital photography and
digital printing technologies, the progress in research on
inks and substrates and their significance for the archiving
of artefacts. As with the previous conferences our aim is
to promote links between industry and the conservation world.

Once again, the conference will be jointly organised by the
Printing, Papermaking and Packaging Group of the Institute
of Physics and the MATAR Research Centre of The University of
Arts London. It will be held at the Institute of Physics
Conference Centre in Portland Place, London. The event is
aimed at an international audience of conservators,
preservation personnel, conservation scientists, archivists,
curators, photographers, the digital printing industry as
well as ink, paper and textile R&D departments. Post-prints
will be produced after the conference, and will include a
transcript of the discussion sessions. Research areas explored
during the conference will include: developments in digital
printing and photography technologies and future trends, 
developments in materials for digital printing including,
plastics and papers, developments in colorants and their
stability, progress in establishing standards and archiving
protocols. There will also be poster presentations and an
associated Trade exhibition.

Preliminary Programme

Monday 24 April 2006

09:00-09:50 Registration and Coffee

09:50 Welcome and Introduction

Session 1: Digital Processes and Materials
Session Chair: Andrew Manning (MATAR Research Centre, University 
of the Arts
London)

10:00 Longevity Issues associated with Photo-realistic Ink Jet Images
Algy Kazlauciunas (Department of Colour and Polymer Chemistry, 
University of
Leeds)

10:40 What happens to prints at the bottom of the pile? To 
evaluate the
whiteness of artists' enhanced inkjet papers and changes in 
relation to
fading of ink
Carinna Parraman and Qiang Wang (Centre for Fine Print Research, 
University
of West England)

11:10 Coffee

11:30 Stability of Digital Prints in Comparison with Traditional 
Printing
and Artistic Techniques
Marzenna Ciechanska (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland) and 
Philip Zerek
(National Library, Warsaw, Poland)

12:00 Panel Discussion

12:30 Lunch

Session 2: Standards and file management
Session Chair: Alan Hodgson (Alan Hodgson Consulting, Macclesfield)

13:30 International Standards on Permanence of Digital Information
Peter Adelstein (Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of
Technology, USA)

14:00 Keeping Stuff Safe: Using Guidelines and Standards for Digital
Preservation
Veronica Davis-Perkins, Richard Butterworth, Paul Curzon and Bob 
Fields
(School of Computing Science, Middlesex University)

14:30 Conservation and Digitisation of Vesta Tilley Scrapbooks
Moira Buick (Paper Conservator, Bristol)

15:00 Panel Discussion

15:30 Tea

15:50 Tutorial: Understanding, Measuring and Predicting Print Life
Joseph LaBarca , Douglas Bugner and Jon Kapecki (Eastman Kodak 
Company,
Rochester, New York, USA)

19:45 Wine Reception


Tuesday 25 April 2006

Session 3: Conservation and Preservation: Paper-based Media
Session Chair: Joyce Townsend (Tate Gallery, London)

09:00 Production of Archivally Stable Fine Art Prints: The Role 
of the
Master Printer in the Digital Age
Paul Thirkell and Paul Laidler (Centre for Fine Art Print Research,
University of The West of England)

09:30 Further Issues with the Fading of Digital Prints
Alan Hodgson (Alan Hodgson Consulting, Macclesfield)

10:00 Water Damage Recovery of Digital and Traditional Prints
Peter Adelstein (Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of
Technology, USA)

10:30 Coffee

11:00 From Bash Street to Duchamp: Case Studies of Paper-Based
Reconstructions of Contemporary Artworks
Stephen Hoskins (Centre for Fine Print Research, University of West
England), Sophia Fairclough  and Caroline Harrison (Bristol)

11:30 High Value-Added Products Through Jet Printing - textiles
Long Lin (Department of Colour and Polymer Chemistry, University 
of Leeds)

12:00 Panel Discussion

12:30 Lunch and Poster Session

Session 4: Conservation and Preservation: Photographic Images
Session Chair: Bob Thompson (MATAR Research Centre, University of 
the Arts,
London)

14:00 Image Storage and Permanence Considerations in the Long Term
Preservation of Photographic Images
Joseph LaBarca (Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, USA)

14:30 Perceptual Colour Film Restoration
Alessandro Rizzi (Dipartimento di Tecnologie dell'Informazione, 
University
of Milan, Italy)

15:00 A Closer Look at the Effects of Temperature and Humidity on 
Ink Jet
Photographic Prints
Douglas E. Bugner and Brian L. Lindstrom (Eastman Kodak Company, 
Rochester,
New York, USA)

15:30 Panel Discussion

16:00 Tea

16:30 Conclusion and Summing Up

17:00 Close of Meeting

Trade Exhibition stands are available at £250.00+VAT.
Please contact Dawn Stewart for further information at
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Proceedings from the April 2003 conference are available to 
purchase at
£25.00 per copy. Please contact Dawn Stewart at the Conference 
Office, The
Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London, W1B 1NT, UK, e-mail
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lunches, conference reception, conference proceedings volume, 
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*** Non-member £200.00

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after Monday
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Conference Organisers:
Professor Bob Thompson
MATAR Research Centre
University of Arts London
Tel: 01732 762249
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Dr Andrew Manning
MATAR Research Centre
University of Arts London
London
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Professor Joyce Townsend
Tate Britain
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London
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